"At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes."

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Nic Pizzolatto

#Teaching Quotes #Writing Quotes #Class Quotes

“For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent.”
“In almost every photograph I have ever made, there is something I would do to complete it. I take that to be the spirit hole or the deliberate mistake that's in a Navajo rug to not be godlike, but to be human.”
“We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order.”
“Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.”
“The narration, in fact, doubles the drama with a commentary without which no mise en scene would be possible.”
“Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.”
“When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let people draw their own conclusions. And try to bring empathy to all sides of the equation.”
“Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our planet to death.”

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